You may remember from a previous newsletter that NGT was awarded a grant to promote the use of indigenous plant species in public gardens around Mount Gambier. Over the last month we have kicked off plantings around town starting at Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation and Tenison...
On Friday the 6th of September 18 teachers and student services officers (SSO) from Tenison Woods College, a secondary school in Mt Gambier, came to visit the NGT community nursery. They were having a well earned Staff Immersion Day, themed around nature and indigenous knowledge,...
Have you ever wished to know more about native Australian birds? Or wondered which bird was making that call from out of sight? Well, we have the course for you! Nature Glenelg Trust is teaming up with the Limestone Coast Landscape Board to run a...
Could you ever imagine that a butterfly would be helped by an ant to complete its life cycle?! When you consider that ants can be a formidable force in the bush, its amazing to know that ants will tend to a particular special caterpillar species...
On Monday 22 April, Oaklands Wetlands in Adelaide was teeming with members of the community, excited children, native fish, turtles, yabbies and water bugs! The 'Go Wild in Nature' event was organised by The City of Marion. Nature Glenelg Trust's Senior Ecologist Dr Sylvia Zukowski...
Recently, NGT organised a two-day training session for ecologists working in wetlands in south west Victoria, presented by Doug Frood from Pathways Bushland and Environment.Each participant is now certified in the use of the Index of Wetland Condition (IWC) assessment. The IWC assessment is one...
NGT was proud to support the Limestone Coast Landscape Board recently, who held their annual Youth Environment Council camp out this year at NGT's Mt Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve. It is fantastic to see the site continuing to provide diverse educational opportunities and experiences in...
Investigator College year 6 students and year 12 conservation and ecosystem management students recently spent two days at their Currency Creek campus undertaking fish surveys with NGT's senior aquatic ecologist, Sylvia. The enthusiastic students sampled six species of native fish, yabbies, freshwater shrimp and turtles....
Wood Engraving By Adolf Vollmy Every year in November, Facebook reminds me of perhaps the earliest documented case of a citizen science project. The story goes, that in the early morning of November 12, 1833, the sky over North America seemed to explode with falling stars....
Thanks to funding from the Victorian Government, Lisa, Ayesha, Greg, Lachie and Tom have been busy over the past three months introducing young people from around the region to values of Walker Swamp. The short term project had a focus on engaging youth aged between...
